Nicholas Hoult
‘Scream’ Star Melissa Barrera, Nicholas Hoult to Star in “Erotic Nightmare” Dating Show Horror ‘The One’
Melissa Barrera, star of the hugely successful recent Scream reboot, is set to lead the cast of The One, described as an “erotic nightmare” set within the confines on the reality dating show, which Riley Keough is set to produce. The film, from writer-director duo Kevin Armento and Jaki Bradley, will see Barrera (whose upcoming […]
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Zoey Deutch Joins Nicholas Hoult in Clint Eastwood Legal Drama ‘Juror No. 2’
Zoey Deutch, who starred in Set It Up and Not Okay, has joined Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette in Clint Eastwood’s latest feature, Juror No. 2. The Warner Bros. legal drama is eyeing to shoot this summer. Per the studio’s official logline, Juror No. 2 follows family man Justin Kemp (Hoult) who, while serving as […]
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Nicholas Hoult on Why He Had to Drop Out of ‘Mission: Impossible’
Nicholas Hoult was once set to star alongside Tom Cruise in an installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, and the actor is now sharing why he had to drop out of the film. In an interview with The Guardian published Friday, the actor reveals more about the scheduling conflicts that prevented him from starring in […]
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Clint Eastwood Sets New Movie, ‘Juror No. 2,’ With Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Clint Eastwood — the legendary actor-director behind Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and The Bridges of Madison County — is gearing up to make yet another film for his longtime studio home, Warner Bros. The 92-year-old is in the process of casting Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette in Juror No. 2, a legal drama that is […]
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Box Office Preview: ‘Renfield,’ ‘Mafia Mamma,’ ‘Pope’s Exorcist’ Among Palooza of New Movies
A flurry of new movies will hit North American cinemas this weekend in what marks one of the most varied and crowded lineups since the pandemic struck. None, however, have a chance of toppling holdover The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Nintendo video game adaptation should earn at least $55 million to $60 million domestically […]
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‘Renfield’ Review: Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult Can’t Quite Save This Bloody Mess of a Vampire Comedy
Cage plays Dracula and Hoult the titular long-suffering servant in Chris McKay's New Orleans-set film co-starring Awkwafina.
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Nicolas Cage Dismisses Reports He Went Method as Dracula on ‘Renfield’ Set: “I Had a Lot of Laughs in Between Takes”
Blame it on the fangs. On the heels of Renfield director Chris McKay saying Nicolas Cage went method on the set while playing Dracula — the filmmaker told Insider “whatever scene we did he would still be 100 percent living in that attitude after we stopped shooting” — the veteran actor recalled his own version […]
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Nicolas Cage Plays Rage-Filled Dracula in New ‘Renfield’ Trailer
Nicolas Cage is all bloody fangs and long, dark cape as he plays a rage-filled Count Dracula in the final trailer for Renfield from director Chris McKay. Universal’s modern-day horror comedy, set nowhere near Castle Dracula in Transylvania, focuses more on Cage in full-on Dracula mode, whereas an earlier trailer emphasized the dynamic between […]
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Nicolas Cage’s ‘Renfield’ to Open Overlook Film Festival
Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult’s vampire drama Renfield is set to open the Overlook Film Festival with a world premiere. And director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, executive produced by Sam Raimi, will close the genre film festival, which unveiled its lineup on Tuesday. Evil Dead Rise stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle […]
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Nicholas Hoult Wants to Quit Being Henchman for Nicolas Cage’s Dracula in ‘Renfield’ Trailer
Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult have a vampiric relationship that is sucking the life out of Dracula’s henchman in the first trailer for Renfield. Universal dropped the nearly two-and-a-half-minute first look at the upcoming horror comedy Thursday, teasing the complicated — and exhausting — dynamic between Cage’s Dracula and Hoult’s henchman. Being at the beck-and-call […]
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Nicholas Hoult’s Passion for Racing Ferraris: “Terrifying” — In a Good Way
As he drove toward the Sonoma Raceway in a $275,000 Ferrari Roma, Nicholas Hoult was becoming increasingly nervous. “I’ve loved car racing since I was a kid, so the opportunity to actually do it, I would be absolutely insane to pass up,” the 32-year-old actor said, his sharp blue eyes widening behind oversized Fendi tortoiseshell […]
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‘The Menu’ Star Nicholas Hoult Talks Playing a Try-Hard Foodie and Anticipating Nicolas Cage’s “Original” Dracula
Nicholas Hoult savored his experience on the set of The Menu. In Mark Mylod’s darkly comedic thriller, Hoult plays Tyler, an overzealous foodie who brings Anya Taylor-Joy’s Margot to a remote island dining experience, hosted by Ralph Fiennes’ celebrity chef, Julian Slowick. Tyler desperately wants Margot to revel in the experience like he is, but […]
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